MediaFLO gets green light, Modeo idles.

RCR Wireless News, October, 2006

Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The Federal Communications Commission issued rules that will allow MediaFLO USA Inc. to begin operations next year as planned, but has yet to begin the inter-agency coordination necessary for mobile TV competitor Modeo L.L.C. to go forward. In order for either mobile TV service to begin commercial operations, the FCC needed to address certain rule changes so the new services don't interfere with existing services on or near their respective bands.

For Qualcomm Inc. subsidiary MediaFLO, rules had to be changed to allow MediaFLO to operate without causing too much interference to TV broadcasters using channels 54, 55 or 56. The FCC rules govern the interim time between now and 2009, when TV broadcasters must...

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